The Universal Music
A little reflection on the universality of Sacred Music after Holy Week…
“If we do not love those whom we see, how can we love God, Whom we do not see?” Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
This 1,292 page book is much thinner than I had anticipated.
A “Dialogue” Low Mass with singing (c. 1958) by choristers of St Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney.
Notice how the priest, dressed in cope, is engulfed in darkness at the beginning of the Easter Vigil—except for candles burning.
You will notice that Fr. Weber’s version sounds quite similar to the authentic Latin chant.
Catholics can now *see with their own eyes* the antiquity of our liturgy.
Should we assume malice on the part of those who denigrate the Traditional Mass?
I don’t usually release “rough cut” PDF files, but this one is so valuable…
Dieterich Buxtehude was a direct influence on Johann Sebastian Bach—and for good reason.
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